I guess it would depend on what frame of mind you are in at that time. But if you looked back at the overall, would you see your glass as half full or half empty; optimist or pessimist; Pooh Bear or Eeyore?
If I take this literally, like my mind sometimes does, if the glass was down and I knew there was more of what I was drinking … I’d be half full. If I knew there was none left of what I was drinking, then I’d be half empty .. with a bummer added to it. Much like the coffee I’m drinking.
What makes your life full and what makes your life empty?
What makes you laugh and what makes you cry?
I really do want to know … as I am curious about you. Yes, you reading my little blog that babbles on and on.
In my stillness this morning there were so many things brought to mind. People I still had hurtful feelings toward. People that made me mad; that hurt me; that, I felt, did me wrong. It was interesting in a Rod Serling kind of way, as their faces were brought forward, like the pictures at the start of the old Twilight Zone TV series. Some came into full view, others were off in the peripheral. However, these were the ones that my heart needed to deal with. Has that ever happened to you?
I know I cannot live a full life, until I deal with my past hurts; My past ignorings; My past resentments. And dog on it … I want a full life, even at 50, soon to be 51, I want a full life, full of abundance, grace and mercy. I want to feel alive! Some of you are much younger than I … can you say your life is full?
So back to the question, what makes your life full? That high paying job? That new trailer and boat you have in storage? Or that new car sitting in your garage? Or that big screen TV you are watching the football game on? Or that big house you are living in? Does that make your life full … or … does that bind you in chains? A better way of asking, is it an asset or is it a liability???
If you own these things free and clear … that is great, you are one of the few in this world. If you make payments on these things monthly, then it is a liability, because it keeps you in chains having to make payments over and over again. Notice how when the balance gets down or you just payoff something, what do you do? Go out and buy something else. Usually that’s another big purchase item, that goes into payments and you are bound again by a new link in the chain.
As for that high paying job … how many hours a week do you work? How much time do you spend with you family and/or friends, what have you missed because of work? Is this an asset or a liability in your life?
As you go through your life doing the same thing over and over, hoping to get a different result, what happens? The chain grows by leaps and bounds and you are being choked. Eventually crushed as is happening right now in this economy. All of us are being choked and crushed by the weight of the length of our chain. So is your life full or is your life empty?
Back to my next question, what makes you laugh? What truly makes you laugh? I mean the real gut jiggling tear making laugh? Have you done that lately? Do you remember the last time you had that kind of laugh?
What makes you cry? Have you cried lately? Has your heart broke over something that has absolutely nothing to do with you? We all know what a broken heart feels like when someone rejects us or leaves us … but have you had that same feeling in your heart when something happens to someone else?
So, is your life full or is it empty? If your life is full you have the freedom to truly experience the good and the bad of your neighbor/fellow human being. That would include their joy and their sadness. It would include their triumphs and their failures, even if you don’t even know them.
If your life is empty, your world is empty. You don’t have anything to look forward to but the same old everyday routine. Get up, go to work/school, go home, go to bed and start your day again. Day after day, month after month, year after year. Joining in someone’s triumphs … yeah yeah, yippee, hoorah … now leave me alone. Joining in someone’s failures … yeah, yeah, they must have deserved it or I knew that was going to happen.
Have you noticed, those that have all those brand new toys that come out on the market are only excited about them until the newness wears off. Then it is off to the next new thing. The next new thing could be a new significant other, a new computer game, a new house, a new car, a new boat, a new piece of jewelry … and the list goes on and on. Look at these people … would you say their life is full or is it empty? Do they care about their fellow man? Do they feel … anything. Are they so self-absorbed that they can’t wait to talk to you so they can be the center of attention? Full or empty?
Are you this person? Are you a glimpse of this person? I think we all would be lying if we said no. Because this is what the world is, self-absorbed, self-gratifying, and self-sufficient. In other words … me, me, me, it’s all about me!! It’s sad to know this is how our thinking is in this world. Fooling us into thinking our life is full when in reality it is empty and full of darkness.
What comes out of your mouth comes from your heart. I’ll say it again, what comes out of your mouth comes from your heart. So think about this, what you say and how you say it … does it taste bitter. If you were on the receiving end of what you say, is it a sucker punch, a jab or a full blown knockout punch? What comes out of your mouth comes from your heart … think about it … what’s in your heart? Is it full or is it empty? Is there light or is there darkness?
